Authentic resources are great. They’re what our students will probably need to deal with…some day. High-speed speech is also great. It’s also what our students will probably need to deal with…some day. There are many things that are great and authentic and native-like and designed for native speakers. But they don’t really benefit beginners without […]
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Hippo in the Room
Posted by Terry Waltz on July 24th, 2015
So, every year we play this game. Evaluators from Well-Known Organization (face to face): Wow, what a great program! Everyone is enjoying it! They know so much Chinese! Look how they can read 130 characters in two weeks of class! You put out a daily newspaper at their reading level! Gosh, TPRS and that Other Method […]